Tips to Hire your Housekeeping Staff

Let’s take a look at a few tips one should keep in mind when going through housekeeping job profiles.

• Confirm monthly wages and lay ground rules about taking leave. clearing financial matters at the beginning of hiring housekeeping ensures transparent payment terms.

• Schedule a meeting with your new housekeeper before hiring. discuss his/her concerns, share suggestions, ask questions, etc. decide if the working relationship is acceptable to both parties.

• Background checks are essential. Take the helper’s address, contact numbers, identity proof like aadhar card, pan card, voting card, etc, and a passport size photograph.

• Ask for references as part of a background check. call and talk to the references before hiring.

• It is advisable to do a criminal background check. Even if you find a helper through personal references, register her in the police station. This ensures your safety.

• Inquire if your helper has insurance as it is essential if he/she injures himself/herself while engaged at your workplace. encourage her to take government-sponsored health and life insurance. Many of these are offered as an add on with their jan dhan account.

• Since the maid will be frequenting the house, it is advisable that the maid is fit for work and has no illnesses or health issues.it is advisable that you get a basic health check done to ensure that your helper is not a disease carrier.

We hope these tips help you find and select a house helper in India.

Helper4u.in, an online database of domestic helpers, offers background checks as a service for an extra charge.